You're so synthetical, Lynne. I like your style. 
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Posts: 1851 (03/06/08 6:58 AM) Moderator |
Lynne some time ago I read you have written a lot about England. But I can`t find it anymore.
At his time I would like to know some things about England. For example: when I hear UK what does contain this name: Scottish, North Ireland, London except Whales - I think. And than which name does all including? I know you you`ll find it immediately. Thanks in advance.
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Posts: 1511 (03/06/08 8:28 AM) Moderator |
This site may be of use for you too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml There is a section on England's history
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Posts: 18260 (03/06/08 1:46 PM) Your Teacher |
I wrote this little pocket guide:-
http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/theunitedkingdom.htm PS - Wales not Whales. 
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Hi, all
I'm a newcomer, Nice to meet you all, I wanna make more friends in here! BTW, Would you mind add me into your MSN friends? My MSN account is Thanks
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Posts: 1513 (03/06/08 8:07 PM) Moderator |
Nice to meet you
I hope you will find many friends here. However, it is not necessary to give your e-mail address. We don't use it for fear of spammers.
You can PM members of the forum
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Posts: 1860 (20/08/89 8:12 PM) Moderator |
To poetria and Lynne - I want to say thanks for giving me those clues.
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Posts: 18650 (01/07/08 3:39 PM) Your Teacher |
How strange - your reply says you posted it in 1989!
LOL
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Hi Lynne! I'm new here. I have a question for you.
I'm going to London in August. I talk quite a nice english, but I'm afraid they can't understand me, since it is my very first time going to England. Is it true that you are not very pleasing with people who do not speak your language in an almost perfect way? Thank's! 
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Posts: 18693 (03/07/08 5:03 PM) Your Teacher |
Hi Alyssa,
Welcome to the forum. Personally my friends and I have no problem with people who don't speak perfect English, but some people may use it as an excuse to be rude. They tend to be rude people anyway, and therefore not worth getting to know. I find the best way to deal with the fact that you may not express yourself very clearly is to be up front from the start. Just say "I'm learning English, so I apologise if I make any mistakes." (I have to do this in German all the time.) Good luck. And if anyone is horrid to you, send them to me. 
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Posts: 2 (19/07/08 4:43 PM) |
Hello Lynne .
Nice topic , I did a project about the british wedding traditions in the last semester and it was amazing .. but I have a question please . is it true that in the past they used to keep a piece from the wedding cake for a very long time as a nice memento from the weeding ? & if it's true how do they keep it fresh for all this time ? I wrote this in my project but I'm eager to know how the keep it .. |
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Posts: 18921 (20/08/30 9:16 PM) Your Teacher |
Hi Laloo,
There are several wedding cake traditions. One is to keep the top layer until the birth of your first baby, but some people choose to save it until their first anniversary.. What you have to realise is that a traditional wedding cake is baked with lots of alcohol and then sealed under a layer of marzipan and icing. So, as long as it's stored in an airtight container it keeps for a very long time.
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Posts: 6 (20/07/08 3:04 PM) |
I like this tradition
.. thank you Lynne 
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Posts: 47 (07/08/08 6:58 PM) |
Interesting!
I read the article about clothes, and I have just realized that I have some Scottish gusto because I like wearing dresses and skirts very much! Lynne, I would like to ask you if it is right to use the word "gusto" or not? I wanted to say that I like the way scottish people wear, so I could have a scottish origin... 
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Posts: 19251 (07/08/08 8:58 PM) Your Teacher |
You wouldn't really use gusto in that way. You tend to do something with gusto.
Maybe you could say, "Maybe I have some Scottish blood."
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Posts: 49 (07/08/08 9:05 PM) |
Oh yes, that's what I wanted to say.
Thank you very much Lynne.
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